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Your favorite rifle?
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Easy answer for me, as I don't have many right now. Mine would have to be my Remington 541T Heavy Barrel in .22 LR. I put a Burris 4x12 compact scope on it, and I can put 10 shots under a quarter at 50 yards. That's not too shabby for a blind old man like me. 
Sure, go ahead and edit your post to reflect Centerfire and make me look like a fool!
Ok, I'll play this game. My favorite Centerfire rifle is still a Remington, only it's my Dad's old(now mine) 700 BDL in 6mm Remington. This rifle, I found out only recently, was made in the 2nd year they made these rifles, and has the 18" carbine barrel. My Dad used it for groundhogs and crows and other varmints, and had a straight 10x scope on it. That scope was great, as long as you were 300 yds away, but useless any closer. I took that scope off, and installed a 4x12 Nikon scope and a Timken target trigger. This rifle shoots better than I am able to.
Sure, go ahead and edit your post to reflect Centerfire and make me look like a fool!
Ok, I'll play this game. My favorite Centerfire rifle is still a Remington, only it's my Dad's old(now mine) 700 BDL in 6mm Remington. This rifle, I found out only recently, was made in the 2nd year they made these rifles, and has the 18" carbine barrel. My Dad used it for groundhogs and crows and other varmints, and had a straight 10x scope on it. That scope was great, as long as you were 300 yds away, but useless any closer. I took that scope off, and installed a 4x12 Nikon scope and a Timken target trigger. This rifle shoots better than I am able to.
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I haven't played with much centerfire stuff, but I did get to shoot a savage model 12V of my buddies in .223 Rem. It would be very hard to find a better rifle for the money. The accutrigger is absolutely sweet, one of the nicest I've ever shot. He had a 6-18X44 or something scope on it, don't know what brand. The eye releif wasn't quite right for me,lot of black around the sight picture but that thing was insanely easy to shoot at 100 yards.
It felt like it was made much better than a lot of other rifles I've handled, but haven't shot. Syntehtic stock was a little flimsy around the barrel, but other than that its just about perfect.
If you want to go rimfire, I'd have to say Marlin. I've got a cheap 81TS thats about as accurate as you could ask of a sporting rifle, eats anything, and has a stock that actually fits me. I'm 6'3" and have pretty long arms, trying to shoulder a ruger 10/22 was like trying to be a contortionist.
It felt like it was made much better than a lot of other rifles I've handled, but haven't shot. Syntehtic stock was a little flimsy around the barrel, but other than that its just about perfect.
If you want to go rimfire, I'd have to say Marlin. I've got a cheap 81TS thats about as accurate as you could ask of a sporting rifle, eats anything, and has a stock that actually fits me. I'm 6'3" and have pretty long arms, trying to shoulder a ruger 10/22 was like trying to be a contortionist.
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Springfield Armory M1A, Standard Model, Caliber 7.62 NATO
Classic looks: Walnut and parkerized steel, leather Turner NM sling
High performance: Hard hitting, extremely accurate, excellent iron sights
Firepower: 5, 10, and 20 round mags are readily available, stripper clips may be used also
She's too big and too heavy, but I love her anyway!
Classic looks: Walnut and parkerized steel, leather Turner NM sling
High performance: Hard hitting, extremely accurate, excellent iron sights
Firepower: 5, 10, and 20 round mags are readily available, stripper clips may be used also
She's too big and too heavy, but I love her anyway!
Winchester Model 70 (pushfeed) FeatherWeight in 7x57 (7 Mauser).
She is a dream to cycle with that smooth pushfeed bolt. Light as feather for use in the field. Very gentle on the shoulder when you shoot her a lot. That 7x57 ain't shabby either with modern loads on North American game animals in general (granted long range Elk are out, and I think it would be foolish to go after agressive bears
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An M1A SuperMatch in 7.62Nato is my favorite autoloader for all the reasons you can think of, plus I'm a sucker for good walnut and tung oil. The newer synthetic autoloaders are good too but, I'll go for a classic, even a good M1 Garand these days.
She is a dream to cycle with that smooth pushfeed bolt. Light as feather for use in the field. Very gentle on the shoulder when you shoot her a lot. That 7x57 ain't shabby either with modern loads on North American game animals in general (granted long range Elk are out, and I think it would be foolish to go after agressive bears
).An M1A SuperMatch in 7.62Nato is my favorite autoloader for all the reasons you can think of, plus I'm a sucker for good walnut and tung oil
. The newer synthetic autoloaders are good too but, I'll go for a classic, even a good M1 Garand these days.
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I voted for remington. My favorite being my 308 Remington LTR (light tactical rifle). It has a fluted 20" (I think) bull barrel with a Nikon Monarch 12X on top. It makes cloverleaf style groupings at 100yds. However, not one of your choices, I think CZ rifles are well made and also a great price too.
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My favorite has to be Thompson Center Encore. I have one in 22.250 Accuracy is super. Bolt actions Reminton 700 is my pick. A favorite caliber is a tough choice. Depends on what I'm hunting. For deer 270 is my top choice. For varmints 22.250 or 223.
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Ruger isn't listed in your poll.
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My Ruger model 77 in 30-06 is my favorite, followed closely by my Winchester model 70 in 458 Magnum.
.My Ruger model 77 in 30-06 is my favorite, followed closely by my Winchester model 70 in 458 Magnum.
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I picked up a Browning A-Bolt Stalker in .270 WSM last fall. Perfect bush rifle.Incredible "out of the box "accuracy, light, agile with great ergos. I'm a little guy so had 1" taken off the stock for fit. I mated a Bushnell Elite 3200 3-9X scope to it. The Winchester Short Magnum cartridges are phenominal-powerful, fast and flat with none of the magnum "wallup".
remington is my fav bolt gun for sure, love my 700 ADL w/a synthetic stock and 4X20 scope in 7MM mag, its a long range tack driver,, though my fav auto is my colt lightweight sporter preban w/the folding stock/flash suppressor/surefire light/aimpoint, would be my fav plinker too, and love my pre WW2 savage '99 in .300 savage, looks about 5 yrs old vs 65 lol, and is my fav gun for hill country deer, and also love my AK's (a maahdi AKM and a romanian AK74) cheap ammo/reliable/low recoil = lots of fun imho
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BOILER said:
My choice as well.
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Another Ruger here. I like my Mini 14 stainless ranch model pretty well. I'd like to add an M1A1 to the collection though
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I guess it would be A Colt AR in .223 I have two uppers from Olympia Arms in 9 mm and 45 acp so its a real fun and versatile gun. I did a trigger job on it so the pull is real smooth down at about 3 pounds. (No it doesn't double). I use it for competitions and plinking.
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Out of the box? Hrm...hard to say. I used to work on guns and I've gone through a lot of nice rifles, but I only really started liking them after tweaks and adjustments and refinements.
I really enjoy rifles built on Mauser 98 action, it works quite well with very potent calibers (I am fond of this in 338 WinMag and 375 H&H)
My favorite out the box rifles were either Brownings or Sako in regards to fit/finish. These rifles tend to go well with a variety of calibers.
I also really like a well-tuned Remington 700 in 6mm, 7mm-08, and .308 variations.
Man, making us pick favorites isn't fair.
I really enjoy rifles built on Mauser 98 action, it works quite well with very potent calibers (I am fond of this in 338 WinMag and 375 H&H)
My favorite out the box rifles were either Brownings or Sako in regards to fit/finish. These rifles tend to go well with a variety of calibers.
I also really like a well-tuned Remington 700 in 6mm, 7mm-08, and .308 variations.
Man, making us pick favorites isn't fair.